Test 22 · ★ · Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds

heard a mum at the playground say "his dad's left, poor lad" bout Theo

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: hear, say, leave · To what, where: mum, playground, dad · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 22 · ★ of lesson 228 «Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 mum	det
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 heard	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 playground	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 playground	det
6	playground	playground	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	obl
7	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 heard	parataxis
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 left	punct
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 dad	nmod:poss
10	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 left	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 left	aux:pass
12	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 heard	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 lad	punct
14	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 lad	amod
15	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 left	obj
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 lad	punct
17	bout	bout	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 left	obl
18	Theo	Theo	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 left	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past	a mum			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer mum=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	present		the playground		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	leave in a quote	present · passive	his dad		bout obl	tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Theo's dad does not live with the family any more; be kind and play with Theo, do not tell him what you heard

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Theo	Theo	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dad	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Theo	case
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 live	nsubj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 live	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 live	advmod
6	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 family	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 family	det
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 live	obl
10	any	any	ADV	_	11 more	advmod
11	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 live	advmod
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 kind	punct
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 kind	cop
14	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 live	conj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 play	cc
16	play	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 kind	conj
17	with	with	ADP	_	18 Theo	case
18	Theo	Theo	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 play	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 tell	punct
20	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	22 tell	aux
21	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 tell	advmod
22	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 live	conj
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 tell	iobj
24	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	26 heard	obj
25	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	26 heard	nsubj
26	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	not live	present · do-support	Theo's dad		with the family	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with family=Location
2	is	infinitive	Theo's dad not said here		kind property	tree rules
3	play	present	Theo's dad not said here		with Theo	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with theo=Co-Agent
4	not tell speech: assert	infinitive · do-support	Theo's dad not said here	dad		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
5	hear	past	you			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus

Option 2

Tell all the kids

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 kids	det:predet
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kids	det
4	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Tell	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		all kids				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient

Option 3

Tease Theo about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tease	tease	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Theo	Theo	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Tease	obj
3	about	about	ADP	_	4 it	case
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tease	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tease	imperative	you not said here	Theo				about it	vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent theo=Patient

Option 4

Ask Theo why his dad left

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Theo	Theo	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 left	advmod
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 dad	nmod:poss
5	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 left	nsubj
6	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		Theo				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent theo=Recipient clause=Topic
2	leave	past	Theo's dad						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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